topic Empty alt text for blog image removes alt attribute in code in CMS Development

Empty alt text for blog image removes alt attribute in code

MattOnce — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:48:57 GMT

I am trying to give an image an empty alt attribute (alt=""). But when editing an image in a blog post and leaving the alternative text field empty, Hubspot removes the "alt" attribute from the code completely, instead of giving it an empty value.

An empty alt attribute is needed for accessibility, and used by screen readers to know when an image is purely decorative, rather than one that requires description/ alternate text.

I could just use code view to add alt="" where needed, but what can I offer my content creators who are less familiar with html source code?

Re: Empty alt text for blog image removes alt attribute in code

dennisedson — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:00:06 GMT

@MattOnce

Thanks for submitting this! We have created an issue for this internally!

Re: Empty alt text for blog image removes alt attribute in code

MattOnce — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 06:16:42 GMT

You're welcome!

Re: Empty alt text for blog image removes alt attribute in code

georgeluc — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:27:54 GMT

Is there an update to this?

Re: Empty alt text for blog image removes alt attribute in code

MattOnce — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 07:32:33 GMT

Hi georgeluc, as it happens I noticed this the other day:

But as far as I can tell with some quick testing, it still does not register empty as alt="", it just reverts to the filename without a content to override it.

Re: Empty alt text for blog image removes alt attribute in code

randalesko — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:03:24 GMT

Hey, is there any update? I use bunch of decorative images in each of our post. What to do? Let it blank of write ""?